Nine Million Register at Draft Boards
The Associated Press reports 9,000,000 men aged 20 to 45 registered across the United States for possible wartime duty. Roosevelt cites the move as essential to victory while future registrations will cover ages 18 to 20 and 45 to 65, bringing total registered to over 42,000,000.
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United States of America
United States
Roosevelt
America
Lewis Ishey
National Selective Service Ctor
Bill to Expand Civilian Pilot Training Approved
The House appropriations committee approved a $221,069,700 bill for state, commerce and justice departments and the judiciary. It includes a $36,000,000 fund to expand civilian pilot training, higher than the budget estimate of $20,069,919. The panel’s figure would train about 49,500 pilots versus 31,900 in the original estimates.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Judiciary
War veteran dies in Defiance burial planned
John Myers, last Civil War veteran in Defiance, passes away after illness. Funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow with burial to follow.
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John Myers
To Whip Hitler Our Government Needs Funds
Classified notice lists a 1580 watt Westinghouse light plant priced at $30 and a 2 wheel trailer with steel bed for $15. Also offered is a 600 Chick coal brooder at $8, with contact Pearl Keirns in Trimbie.
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Hitler
Westinghouse Light Plant
Pearl Keirns
Churchill Calls U S Key to Allied Victory
London dispatch reports Winston Churchill urging faith in United States support as Singapore falls muting the empire’s hope. He warns of new dangers abroad and praises American vast resources in the war effort while noting Britain’s heavy losses and a call for resolve amid calls for cabinet changes.
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London
Winston Churchill
United Nations
Britain
United States
Dunkerque
Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Japan
Churchill
Tion
English
Burma
Libya
Gallia Man Killed by Cab at Silver Bridge KA nauga
William Pike 58 a Crown City resident and Wilson Sand and Gravel Co. employee was killed Saturday at 8 p m when struck by a taxicab driven by William Wood of Gallipolis at the Ohio end of the Silver Bridge in Ka nauga State highway patrol ruled the driver not at fault Witnesses say Pike stepped into the highway and the impact was unavoidable Coroner N H Foster and Entsminger Funeral Home handled the scene funeral set for Wednesday at 2 p m in Crown City Methodist Church Rev Pearl Dial officiating Pallbearers Earl Hall Lewis Woodard Emerson Truesdale Stanley Watts Eustis Daniels Curtis Watts Pike widow with several sons Willis Craig Bert Donnie and George and many relatives in Crown City area survived him.
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Gallipolis
William Pike
Crown City
Wilson Sand and Gravel Co
Racine
Ohio
Silver Bridge
Kanauga
William Wood
Pike
Craig
Bert
Donnie
George Pike
Auto and Snowplow Collision Kills Four near Toledo
Four men returning from a night club near Toledo were killed in a crash involving their car and a snow plow on the Dixie Highway south of Monroe Michigan. Three victims worked at the Devon club in Detroit. their names are Charles Voight age 48 Samuel Kane age 36 and Albert Baker age 40. The fourth victim was unnamed.
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Toledo
Here
Assembly Line Worker Shortage Hits Ohio War Plants
Ohio war plants face a severe labor shortage with 4 166 detail assemblers 1 613 floor assemblers 2 765 machinists 2 007 sheet metal workers 1 993 tool makers 1 051 engine lathe operators and 1 200 milling machine operators needed across 1450-plus plants. Gary Poland five dies from burns in Springfield after a gasoline tank explosion.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wade Hammond
Hammond
Burns
Springfield
Gary Poland
Richard Poland
Roosevelt Speech Opens Canadian Victory Loan Drive
President Roosevelt in a recorded broadcast opened Canada's second Victory Loan drive of 600 million dollars. He warned of peril ahead and sorrow for many but affirmed the cause, goal, and growing strength.
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Ottawa
Roosevelt
Canada
Anzac Leaders Forecast Inevitable Japanese Attack
Prime Minister John Curtin declared full mobilization for the Battle of Australia after Singapore fell. The government expects a large scale air and sea Japanese assault and plans cabinet and parliament gatherings this week. Urgent requests for vital materials from the United States and Britain will continue.
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Sydney
Australia
John Curtin
Singapore
Commonwealth
Canberra
United States
Great Britain
British Torpedo Boat Claimed Sunk by Nazis
Berlin reports that a German minesweeper engaged two British motor torpedo boats in the English Channel and is believed to have sunk one of them after a brief battle.
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Berlin
English Channel
Senate Probe of Normandie Fire Demanded
Senator Van denberg urged the Senate Naval Affairs Committee to authorize an independent investigation into the Normandie fire aboard the French liner Lafayette in New York Harbor. He argued for congressional involvement beyond the navy court of inquiry to assess possible sabotage or criminal carelessness.
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Washington
Normandie
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Tanker Explodes in Long Island Sound Fatality Reported
A night explosion aboard the Atlantic Refining Company tanker Point Breeze killed one seaman and blew another overboard after the vessel ran aground in Long Island Sound. The third Naval District said a 3000 gallon gasoline leakage caused the blast and the ship was later refloated.
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New York
Atlantic Refining Company
Point Breeze
Long Island Sound
Third Naval District
Lindbergh Registers For Selective Service
Washington report notes Charles A Lindbergh registering for selective service. The aviator, who resigned his air corps reserve commission last summer amid criticism of the administration, is currently engaged in a civilian War Department research assignment.
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Washington
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Air Corps
War Department
U-Boat Attacks West Indies Damages Aruba Refinery
The Aneta news agency reports an enemy submarine torpedoed three tankers and shelled The Standard Oil refinery in Aruba. American troops arrived to guard the oil sites, the refinery suffered only minor damage with no land casualties, and a fourth tanker near Willemstad harbor was badly damaged but did not sink. Aruba lies about 800 miles from the Panama Canal.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Dutch West Indies
Aneta
Aruba
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Venezuela
Panama Canal
Hundreds Escape Fire At Nauvoo Church
About 200 people attending Sunday School fled the United Brethren Church in Nauvoo yesterday as it burned, believed caused by an overheated furnace. The Rev. Lloyd Mignerey put damage at an undetermined amount.
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Portsmouth
United Brethren Church
Nauvoo
Lloyd Mignerey
Fall of Singapore Opens Path to East Indies and Indian Ocean
The capture of Singapore gives Japan access to the Indian Ocean and the Netherlands East Indies, threatening India and Australia. Japan can sail 2000 miles to patrol the Bay of Bengal, Calcutta, and the Gulf of Martaban, while establishing bases for fuel and airfields. The loss shifts power from Britain after 123 years, with Singapore's defense proving weaker than anticipated.
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Indian Ocean
Dutch East Indies
Australia
Singapore
East Indies
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Bay of Bengal
Calcutta
India
Gulf of Martabans
Salween
Chiang Kai-Shek
Middle East
Suez
Malacca
Java
The
Indies
Corner Bastion
War Era Begins As Alabama Launched Early
Secretary Knox hailed the 35000 ton Alabama launch at Portsmouth Va nine months ahead of schedule marking a transition from the Defense Era to a War Era. He said ships will pour from yards and bring supremacy at sea and victory as the Alabama, last of a four ship class, features welding that reduces weight and increases capacity for guns armor and ammunition.
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Portsmouth
Frank Knox
Alabama
Defense
Massachusetts
Indiana
South Dakota
Knox
May Parole Skilled Workers for Defense
Congress learned that the government may parole skilled workers in federal prisons for military service or defense work. Attorney General Biddle testified that James V. Bennett and army and navy officials were working out details. Aide Garusi said that a youngster who commits minor crimes could still become a good soldier.
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Washington
Congress
Biddle
House Appropriations
James V. Bennett
Army
Navy
Ugb Garusi
Ohio State Patrol Reports 17,633 Traffic Arrests Last Year
Columbus police summarized annual activity showing 17,633 traffic arrests and 17,340 convictions by 41 patrolmen. Accidents yielded 4,025 arrests and 3,276 convictions, with 5,992 other misdemeanor arrests and 5,901 convictions and 161 felony arrests and 86 convictions.
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Columbus
Lynn Black
Child Suffocates After Starting Fire in Home
Richard Keith Johnson four died in a Zanesville home fire started by the child while parents Abel and Mrs Johnson were away. Fire Chief Roy Messerly said the boy killed the flame in a clothes closet and hid under a bed where his body was found.
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Zanesville
Richard Keith Johnson
Roy Messerly
Abel Johnson
Messerly
Richard
Palembang Falls to Japanese In Southward Advance
Japanese forces seized Palembang in southern Sumatra, a key oil center near Batavia, as United States Dutch and British bombers struck Japanese ships in Bangka Strait. Allied losses and extensive oil-field destruction followed, while Singapore and Java battles shaped a growing Pacific war picture.
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Singapore
Palembang
Sumatra
United Nations
Java
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
United States
Bangka Strait
United Nations Command
Malaya
Australia
Western Pacific
Japan
Singapore Falls to Japan in Unconditional Surrender
Tokyo jubilant as Singapore capitulates to Japan with 60,000 British troops surrendering. Japanese forces seize bases, plan to move captives to camps, and extend operations in the Indian Ocean. Tojo and imperial chiefs declare strategic pivot in the Pacific war.
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Tokyo
Japan
Singapore
India
Australia
China
Domei
Pacific
Fort Canning
Comet
Shitetaro Shimada
Indian Ocean
Hideki Tojo
Diet
United States
Great Britain
East Asia
Imperial
Arethusa
Axis claims success in attack on convoy in Mediterranean
Axis air and sea forces reportedly sunk a British destroyer and five escorts in a three day convoy assault from Alexandria to Malta. In Libya British patrols met Axis forces as Malta endured continued bombardment while German and Italian units pressed toward Tobruk and Egypt. The Russian offensive in White Russia continued with advances, and British bombers targeted docks at St Nazaire.
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Axis
Mediterranean
Africa
Libya
Rome
Alexandria
Malta
Augusta
Syracuse
Floridia
Sicily
North Africa
Ain el Gazala
Tobruk
Egypt
St. Nazaire
Lcharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
Dover Strait
Stockholm
Red Army
White Russia
Wilno
Vilna
Lithuania
Woman arraigned on double murder charge in Canton shooting
Sadie Cook, 42, released on bond, is to be arraigned tomorrow in Canton on a second degree murder charge for the fatal Feb 8 shooting of Nick Rosetti, 25, and Armando Gonzales Vega, 27.
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Canton
Sadie Cook
Nick Rosetti
Armando Gonzales Vega
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